Local goes global: Tender jack fruits & green chilli from Dhubri reaches the market of Dubai

April 10: Assam has started export of tender jackfruit and green chilli to Dubai from here. Dhubri District Deputy Commissioner Anbamuthan MP flagged off the first such consignment on Friday evening from Bilasipara town.

The consignment comprised 1.5 tonne of tender jackfruit and 0.5 tonne of green chilli and this will be distributed by the Lulu Group International through its chain of more than 200 supermarkets and hypermarkets across the Gulf countries.

The whole process is coordinated by Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority. The farmer producer organization (FPO) namely Green Chilli Producer Organization Cooperative Society Ltd which has 560 shareholder farmer from Bilasipara and Nayer Alga Development Block area has produced the exported items, which will continue on weekly basis.

Dhubri produces several agri products which have export potential and this particular opportunity came at an exhibition organised by APEDA in Guwahati where the Farmer Producer Organisation (FPO) members first met the Lulu Group International representative. Lulu Group International General Manager Ravi Kumar said that if they get the requisite customers for these two products they will continue to export from Dhubri.

हमारे उत्पादों का धुबरी से दुबई तक का सफ़र असम के किसान भाइयों और बहनो के लिए अत्यंत हर्ष की बात है। ये आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी के दूरदर्शिता और नॉर्थ ईस्ट के प्रति निरंतर विश्वास का फल है। https://t.co/pXt5izW5kX

— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) April 10, 2022

Taking to his twitter handle, Piyush Goyal, Minister of Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs & Food & Public Distribution thanked the Modi government for ushering a positive step in the sector of export of desi goods. “In the category of Local goes global, jack fruits & green chilli from Dhubri reaches the market of Dubai.